In the year gone by, we take a look at leading stars of B-town and the milestones they have achieved on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Read on!
Earlier, celebrities could make their presence felt essentially through films, characters and their performances. Now, the list also includes the medium of social networking sites like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Be it promotional strategies, followers, pictures or videos, top actors and actresses have used these sites to broadcast themselves and their ventures. There a few, however, who have broken records while doing the same. Here is a list of celebs and the milestones they have achieved on social media this year: 
Two in a million
Actors: Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan
Social media: Twitter
Milestone: SRK and Big B reach 10 million followers
Shah Rukh Khan made headlines when he beat Aamir Khan and Salman Khan on Twitter, by reaching 10 million followers! Where Aamir currently has 9.93M followers on the social networking site, Salman’s follower list stands at 9.28M. Aamir may be known for giving terrific films to the Indian cinema followed by bestie, Salman who is a King of 100 crore ventures, but when it came to the Twitter race, SRK made a sweeping victory!
Amitabh Bachchan on the other hand was in the spotlight for having crossed 10 million followers on Twitter. He was seen thanking his fans with a tweet that read,” 10 MILLION !! ON TWITTER !! YEEAAAHH !! Thank you all that follow me .. ! Next target 20 !!” The megastar currently has 11.9M followers.
The Exotic victory
Actress: Priyanka Chopra
Social Media: Twitter
Milestone: PeeCee’s Exotic video reaches 50 million
Priyanka’s single, Exotic, where she was seen in a sizzling form alongside international singer Pitbull, became a sensational hit. The song created a buzz on Twitter after hitting 50 million views on YouTube! The social networking site was flooded with fan art and tweets, congratulating the actress on the achievement. An “exotic” win for the hottie, we say!
Dare or dare?
Actor: Hrithik Roshan
Social Media: Twitter
Milestone: Bang Bang dare promotional strategy
Hrithik Roshan’s promotional strategy for Bang Bang emerged as one of the most unique ones seen this year. The actor promoted his film by involving his peers from the industry! Hrithik challenged Ranveer Singh, Priyanka chopra, Shraddha Kapoor, Shruti Haasan, etc. with Bang Bang dares such as doing a headstand or dancing in the middle of a road, which they happily obliged to. Out of these, Ranveer’s video where he was seen dancing at a signal in Bandra, dressed like Krrish, was by far, the most entertaining and obviously went viral.
A newcomer well liked
Actor: Tiger Shroff
Social media: Facebook
Milestone: Newcomer on Facebook to get maximum likes
Tiger Shroff took Facebook by a storm and emerged to be a newcomer to join the site and get maximum number of likes for his page! The Heropanti star currently has 3,296,950 followers on FB, and has beaten Arjun Kapoor (2,318,207 followers), who also made his FB debut this year!
Packing a punch
Actress: Priyanka Chopra
Social media: Twitter
Milestone: Received a raving response for Mary Kom poster
The trend of celebs releasing their film’s posters, trailers and songs on Twitter has caught on like wildfire. There are some who have managed to get positive responses for the same. But PeeCee’s Mary Kom poster created a buzz like no other and was widely appreciated by her associates from B-town. Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Shraddha Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, etc. took to Twitter and showered PeeCee with compliments for her rugged boxer avatar!
Whose social media milestone do you think was the most happening this year? Post your votes in the box below!
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